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Personal info

Full name
COOPER, John Lafayette Jr "Junior"
Date of birth
20 March 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
New Hope, Madison County, Alabama
Hometown
New Hope, Madison County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34975284
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 January 1945
Place of death
Berlé, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 15 57

Immediate family

Members
John L. Cooper Sr. (father)
Myrtle E. (Wilhelm) Cooper (mother)
Gertrude Cooper (sister)
Ethel M. Cooper (sister)
Cortice H. Cooper (brother)

More information

Pfc John L. Cooper Jr. attended New Hope High School for four years and was employed by the Birmingham Slag Company before he enlisted on 29 March 1944. He was sent overseas in October 1944.

He was killed by shrapnel wounds in the neck and shoulder.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / KSBGED, www.findagrave.com - Ginny Dunaway Young, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Oletha Craig Brown